Remedy for diphtheria



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEQ LUOINDA M. PIERSON, OF GOLETA, CALIFORNIA.

REMEDY FOR DIPHTHERIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,152, dated June 3, 1890.

Application filed October 7, 1889- Serial No. 326,266. (No specimens.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LUCINDA M. PIERSON, of Goleta, Santa Barbara county, State of California, my present place of residence, have invented a new and useful Composition of Matter to be Used for the Treatment of Diphtheria or Diphtheritis, Sore Throat, and all Kindred Throat Diseases, of which the following is a specification.

The composition consists of the following ingredients, combined in the proportions stated, viz: alum, ten drains; nitrate of silver, one drain; nitrate of potash, one dram; golden seal, two drains; black pepper, one dram; borax, one dram; table-salt, two drams, each of which must be separately powdered as fine as possible, and all thoroughly mixed into one powder. Care must also be taken that the several articles used are pure.

The powder obtained by the mixture of the ingredients, used as stated above, is the medicine, and maybe used in the following treatment: Give a mild cathartic first. Then use of the dry powder as much as the point of a pocket-knife will hold. Place it on the tongue of the patient and blow the same down the throat once every two hours until relief is obtained. Relief is generally had after a dozen applications. Continue the treatment for several days in severe cases. The same treatment will do in cases of diphtheritis, sore throat, or other throat diseases.

hat I claim,and desire to secure by Letters Patent 01": the United States, is-

The herein-described composition of matter to be used as a remedy for the diseases mentioned, consisting of alum, nitrate of silver, nitrate of potash, golden seal, black pepper, borax, and table-salt, used in the proportions specified and prepared as stated.

LUCINDA M. PIERSON.

Witnesses:

G. W. CLARK, WILLIAM N. PIERSON. 

